A form of vitamin A that is put on the skin (topical retinoid).
Another type of medicine put on the skin, called topical calcineurin inhibitors (like Elidel cream or protopic ointment). Steroid cream, ointment or solution that is put on the skin where hair loss has occurred. However, there is no good evidence that any of these treatments will guarantee the hair will regrow. Your doctor may prescribe a few medications to try to help the hair to grow. No treatment is usually needed because 95 percent of the time the hair will regrow. This may occur very rapidly.įor limited areas of alopecia, the affected hairs shed and new hair may regrow. Alopecia universalis − the name for complete loss of hair on the head, face and body. Alopecia totalis − the name for complete loss of scalp hair. Alopecia areata − the name for patches of hair loss, usually in the scalp. Sometimes, recurrent episodes of hair loss may occur with periods of regrowth. Alopecia areata often happens once and then there is regrowth of normal hair. It is only rarely seen with other autoimmune diseases in children. It affects people of both sexes, all ethnic backgrounds and can occur at any age. Over 6.6 million people in the United States have alopecia. Hair loss is usually seen on the scalp, face or body, but is most common on the scalp. Often, the hair loss involves only a few patches, which are round in shape. 
Alopecia areata is a condition in which a person has hair loss as a result of the immune system attacking the hair follicles.
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